Sources: Apple to unveil new iPod lineup on September 9 — Apple currently plans to host a media event on Wednesday, Sept. 9 to introduce its 2009 iPod offerings and make a host of other music-related announcements, AppleInsider can independently confirm. — People familiar with the matter …

Snow Leopard warning: Your apps may crash — Two days before the scheduled launch of Mac OS X Snow Leopard — the latest update of Apple's (AAPL) flagship operating system — developers are still scrambling to make sure their applications will work with the new version.

Stern Fans Rejoice: Sirius XM SkyDock for iPhone — The rumors were true. At an invitation-only media event in New York City this morning, Sirius XM (SIRI) debuted the first-ever radio dock for the iPhone and iPod touch. — Dubbed SkyDock, the $119.99 peripheral uses iPhone OS 3's support …

Porn collection put people off upgrading to Firefox 3 — Mozilla's Security team has disclosed a very interesting piece of research which suggests people refused to upgrade to the latest version of Firefox because they were afraid the browser would expose their, ahem, private collection of websites.

The Top 5 Reasons RSS Readers Went Wrong — Sam Diaz over at ZDNet wrote the following in a blog entry titled RSS: A good idea at the time but there are better ways now in response to an announcement of a new feature in Google Reader … I take issue with the title of Sam's post since …

Microsoft “destroyed development culture” at FASA - Weisman — FASA Interactive founder Jordan Weisman has spoken out about Microsoft's acquisition of his highly-regarded studio, saying that the corporation “destroyed” its development culture and came close to doing the same with Halo developer Bungie.

Microsoft Loses a Zune Exec — and Ethan Smith — With less than three weeks before Microsoft launches another salvo in digital music players, the marketing executive overseeing the company's Zune device is headed for the exit. — Microsoft — Chris Stephenson, Zune's general manager of global marketing

Who's Driving Twitter's Popularity? Not Teenagers — Kristen Nagy, an 18-year-old from Sparta, N.J., sends and receives 500 text messages a day. But she never uses Twitter, even though it publishes similar snippets of conversations and observations. — “I just think it's weird …

Facebook Screenshots Reveal Upcoming Features? — Screenshots posted in a note on the Facebook Design Page today may have revealed a little more than just the differences between rounded and square corners. — FBHive have noticed two mysterious new features on Facebook Product Designer Alexandre Roche's profile.

TiVo Files Complaints for Patent Infringement Against AT&T and Verizon Communications in United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas; Seeking Damages and Injunction — TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) today filed complaints in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas …

Nokia bets on Linux in iPhone battle: sources — HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj will try again to tackle Apple Inc's iPhone in the top-end of the handset market with a bet on Linux software, several industry sources told Reuters. — Top handset maker Nokia will show its first high-end phone running …

Mininova Ordered to Remove All ‘Infringing’ Torrents — Mininova were sued this spring by BREIN, an outfit which protects the rights of several large entertainment industry corporations. — Today, the judge ruled that the world's largest BitTorrent indexer has been ordered to clean …

Twitter's Golden Ratio (That No One Likes To Talk About) — If you're new to Twitter, life is easy. A notification comes in that someone is following you, and you probably follow them back. After all, you're going to want some tweets in your stream. After a couple dozen of those …

Alliance Formally Launches Attack on Google Books Pact — The Open Book Alliance has opened its first chapter. — AFP/Getty Images — We learned last week that Amazon.com, Microsoft, Yahoo, the Internet Archive and several library groups were forming a coalition to challenge Google's settlement with authors and publishers.

Twitter Exploit Still Works — Yesterday I posted an article about a serious vulnerability I found in Twitter. As it was a bit on the geeky side, it may well have gone over a few people's heads, so I thought I'd try to explain it in a bit more detail. Incidentally I don't think Twitter …